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Defining Ethical Decisions Alternatively
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Making the most defensible and sustainable decisions by looking through more than one lens. -
A Deceptive Illness
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Is disciplinary action warranted when a support staffer in the superintendent’s office takes medical … -
Noxious Beyond the Odor
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How would you advise a school board that’s been offered big money and needed property from a company … -
A Split Decision
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Is there an appropriate departing role for the outgoing superintendent when the board is conducting its … -
Bummed Boosters: ‘No Rah-Rah’
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A case involving the livestreaming of varsity football and basketball games via Facebook and the toll … -
Steering Clear of Conflicts of Interest
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The importance of distinguishing between what are legal conflicts and ethical conflicts, real or … -
A Prank Gone Wrong
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The complication: The school board president's twin daughters are among those implicated a few weeks … -
The Wayward Complaint
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How to deal with an embarrassed school employee who accidentally sends the superintendent an e-mail venting … -
Split the Grading Difference
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A dispute between a 9th grader and his English teacher who wants to “split the difference” over a paper … -
A Parent's Smear Campaign
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Our panel analyzes the case of a furious school board member who campaigns publicly for a course transfer … -
Weed Control
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Appreciative parents of a special-needs child give an administrator a small amount of marijuana as a … -
Snooping at a Screen
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What to do about a principal who “inadvertently” spots a critical memo about her on the screen inside … -
Muzzling False Praise
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Can you tactfully refrain from delivering undeserved praise when a longtime colleague seeks a public … -
Reconsideration of a Hire
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The ethics panel digests the board’s intent to undo a groundskeeper hiring after discovering his crime … -
Profiting Off Excess
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May a staff member retain PCs being disposed of by his district for classroom backup and donation to … -
Sermonizing for the Assembled
Resource | Article | Ethics, School Administrator Magazine
What do you do when a local pastor, long an ardent supporter of the public schools, regularly crosses … -
Witness for Dubious Character
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How does the ethics panel view a superintendent whose neighbor asks him to be a character witness before … -
Advocating Arts or Athletics?
Resource | Article | Finance & Budgets, Ethics, District & School Operations, School Administrator Magazine
The school board splits its vote on what to cut in a budget shortfall, turning to the superintendent … -
Plagiarizer From Her Past
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A deputy superintendent is asked as a favor by a former student to remove content from her personal website … -
Top-Ranked But Suspicious
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A meritorious teacher of 30 years is accused by a 4th grader of battery. The superintendent, though …
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